Water-elevator.



Patented Apr. 8, I902.

D. C. BRIAN. WATER ELEVATOR.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1901.) (No Model.)

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Urrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DON O. BRIAN, OF HOUSTON, IDAHO.

WATER-ELEVATO R.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,317, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed August 17,1901. Serial No. 72,395. (No model.)

T0 at whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, DON O. BRIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Custer and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful ater-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a water-elevator, the objectbeing to provide a simple and effective device for elevating water from a stream, said elevator being propelled by the current of the same stream.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and novelties of combination,all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the frame supporting one end of the endless chain of buckets. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating the position of the bucket as it passes through the stream, the propelling wing or plate being lowered to receive the force of the current. Fig. 4 shows the position the bucket occupies when discharging the water into the chute and also the position it occupies until it enters the stream.

In carrying out my invention I employ a float A, which is anchored in a swiftly-running stream, said float having a derrick or upright frame B arranged thereon, said derrick or frame supporting a chute O, which is intended to convey water to any desired point on the shore.

D represents grooved pulleys journaled at the lower end of the derrick, and E similar pulleys journaled 'at the upper end of the derrick, parallel cables F passing around said pulleys and also around pulleys E, mounted upon a shaft E the boxes E of which slide vertically in the slotted standards G, firmly embedded in the bottom of the stream, said boxes being connected to a winding-shaft H by means of ropes H.

A crank II is arranged upon the end of the shaft H for the purpose of operating the same. Buckets or receptacles I are rigidly secured to the parallel cables F, the said buckets or receptacles being closed at one end and open at the opposite end, the closed end being preferably wider than the open end, and hinged to the closed end is a blade or wing J, which is adapted to fall by gravity and receive the impact or force of the current. The downward movement of said blades or wings is limited by ropes K,attached to the ends of the said blades or wings and connected to the cables, as shown at K.

In operation the pulleys E are lowered so as to bring the lower flight of the endless chain of buckets into the stream, the blades or wings J falling by gravity into the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and thereby receive the force of the current. The current acting upon the closed end of the bucket or receptacle and the blade or wing J forces the lower series of buckets along through the stream around the lower pulley D and up the vertical flight over the pulley E. As each bucket passes over the pulleyE it discharges the water into the receptacle 0 and then passes downthe upper flight around the pulleys E again into the water. In this manner the force of the stream is utilized for the purpose of elevating the water from said stream, and from the chute C thewater can be transported to any point or receptacle upon the shore or bank of the stream. By adjusting the pulleys E the speed of the elevator can be regulated, and, if desired, the pulleys can be raised to a point to stop the operation of the device.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A water-elevator comprising a float and a fixed frame a derrick arranged upon said float and carrying guide-pulleys, and a chute, the adjustable guide-pulleys arranged in the fixed frame, the endless cables having the buckets attached thereto, said buckets being closed at one end and open at the opposite end, and the hinged blades or wings attached to the closed ends of the buckets, substantially as described.

2. A water-elevator comprising a float, the derrick arranged upon said float and carrying the guide-pulleys, a chute, the verticallyslotted fixed standards, the adjustable shaft the cables by ropes or chains, all arranged carrying guide-pulleys and means fer adjustand adapted to operate substantially as set ing the said shaft; vertically, the endless cables passing around the guide-pulleys, the forth.

buckets attached to the cables, the closed DON O. BRIAN. ends of the buckets being'wider than the open I Vitncsses:

ends, and the blades or wings hinged to the I T. V. WVALFEE,

closed ends of ohe buckets and connected to O. C. FUREY. 

